The case in summary • A former after-school employee is charged with aggravated rape of a child at the school where he worked, over a period of five months.• He was sentenced to prison for four years and nine months in the district court, but has appealed the sentence.• After the accusations became known, the man quit his job, and the school reviewed and changed its routines.• The prosecution will probably request a harsher punishment than what the district court came up with.• The man’s defense says that her client does not recognize herself in the accusations and looks forward to a new examination of the evidence in the case.• Four days have been set aside for the appeal case in the Borgarting Court of Appeal. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – This is a serious case concerning aggravated rape, says state attorney Asbjørg Lykkjen. The accused man had a part-time job at SFO at a school in the eastern region. According to the indictment, the man had sexual intercourse with one of the children. The indictment states that he raped and molested the child on several occasions over a period of five months. The man pleads not guilty. When the case was up in the district court, he was sentenced to prison for four years and nine months. He appealed the sentence. Now he gets to try the whole case again in the Court of Appeal. Ended the job According to the indictment, the assaults took place inside the school. The defendant is said to have threatened that if the child told anyone, the child would not be allowed to see the family again. The school was notified. news has spoken to the principal of the school where the man was employed. They say that the charges were put before him and it was decided that he should quit his job immediately. After the incident, the school went through its routines. They made the necessary changes to limit one-on-one situations in an after-school context. The child’s legal representative does not wish to comment on the case. – Very serious Public prosecutor Asbjørg Lykkjen believes that all cases involving sexual abuse, especially against children, are very serious. State Attorney Asbjørg Lykkjen is the prosecutor in the case. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB – When there is also a person who basically has the task of looking after the children who are there, then this becomes serious and a major intrusion in relation to the trust that person has had in terms of his job. Aggravated rape of a child under the age of 14 can be punished with imprisonment for up to 21 years. The public prosecutor’s office will probably submit a request for a somewhat stricter punishment than what the district court arrived at. – Somewhere between five and six years of unconditional imprisonment, says Lykkjen. Looking forward to having the case tried again Lawyer Cecilie Lyng is the man’s defender. She says that her client has been cooperative from the very beginning and is clear that he does not recognize the accusations against him at all. Lawyer Cecilie Lyng is defending the former SFO employee. Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB – That is why he has naturally also appealed the verdict. She says the case is a big burden for her client and all parties concerned. – But he is now looking forward to a new examination of the evidence in the case, and is happy that the Court of Appeal has decided to let the appeal in for a full new hearing. Four days have been set aside for the appeal case in the Borgarting Court of Appeal. Published 13.06.2024, at 06.39
ttn-69
Former after-school employee was convicted of abuse – Now the appeal starts – Greater Oslo
